So it'stomorrow. I think I've done everything I can to prepare myself and now it's just time for distraction. I took my Anatomy Lab final exam (blah), I cleaned the house and now I'm watching tv, pretending like tomorrow isn't happening at all, except, you know, that's all I can think about (or it was, until 5 minutes ago when I found out that my dad had to put our dog to sleep today, rather without warning I might add.)

So now, internets, it's time for you to distract me. I am asking that if you are reading this, that you take a moment to comment and answer the following 3 questions, even if anonymously, because I'm going to have a lot of free time on my hands and I think these questions may aid in my recovery. No really, I do. And because I want to read things, so provide me with material.

1. What is your favorite rentable movie?2. What is the best book you've ever read?3. If you had someone coming to your house to cook for you, what meal would you request (specifics here would rock)?

So now, dance internets! Dance!

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Okay, you had to know I'd be all over this, right? Yeah, I know. I just never disappear. HAHAHA!

My all-time favorite movie is "Ordinary People" and it is rentable. However, if I wasn't in the mood for "melancholy," I also loved "Napoleon Dynamite." Practically ANY chick flick is good. And "Debbie Does Dallas." Just joking on that one :).

"In Cold Blood" was the first real "stand-out" to me, followed closely by "To Kill A Mockingbird" and "Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl." The last two, I re-read at least once a year. And also "...And Never Let Her Go" by Ann Rule. It's true, and I have been mourning the death of Anne Marie Fahey since the first time I read it.

For dinner, I would have my Mom come and cook for me, and it would be her meatloaf (the one with the tunnel of melted cheese going through the middle of it), her mashed potatoes with sour cream mashed in, her homemade coleslaw with the homemade dressing, her homemade cornbread, and her cherry cheesecake.

I have never been able to make decent meatloaf--no flavor whatsoever. My Mom's was so awesome, I can almost taste it as I write about it. She used to also make green beans with crisp bacon and a dash of vinegar to go with the meatloaf and mashed potatoes. What the heck, you need your veggies, right? Add those in there, too, even though I've already got the coleslaw. They're both TOO good. Yup, Mom could cook :)!

Movies... damn, my brain won't work. No clue what I'd classify as best of all time. If you have Netflix, you can go through an entire TV series. That'll keep you busy & distracted, especially if you go with something funny & mindless.

Books - Watchers by Dean Koontz and I do like Kim's Mockingbird but I'm thinking closer to fantasy might be more distracting. Also liked Timeline by Michael Crichton.

The food is tricky. What if you ask for something that the cook sucks at cooking? Something Italian. Yeah, that's what you need.

Movie - I love The Princess Bride - I've seen it numerous times thanks to my 14 year old son.

Book - I can't choose just one - I love books. I just read To Kill a Mockingbird for the first time and if you haven't read it you should. It's great. I also love Pope Joan, The Time Traveler's Wife, The Thornbirds, I could go on and on.

Meal - any meal that someone else cooks is good for me. I love homemade bread or rolls and that makes any meal good.

Movie: haha I can't narrow it down to just one. Some favs though: Mona Lisa Smile, Knocked Up, Father of the Bride part II (oldie but goodie... totally watched all three of this in the last 24 hours), Patch Adams, Erin Brockovich (sp?), Mean Girls, Legally Blonde, etc. But you know my addiction is TV shows on DVD - Friends, Grey's, House, Will and Grace, Gilmore Girls, etc.

Books: My Sister's Keeper (Jodi Piccoult), The Memory Keeper's Daughter (blanking on author), Complications and Better (by Atul Gawande - very interesting look at the medical world), and the book I just finished is really right up your alley and I found it quite entertaining: Another Day in the Frontal Lobe by Katrina Firlik - her view as one of the first female residents in neurosurgery, and a look on the inside of everything neuro with a great sense of humor.

Meals: well my toaster oven is the most advanced piece of equipment I know how to use, but english muffin pizzas are always a good one. And Chex Mix. Rice Krispies treats. Yeah those aren't really meals, but then again I never really eat "meals" per se post-op, at least for awhile.

1. What is your favorite rentable movie?Brief Encounter2. What is the best book you've ever read?Jane Eyre3. If you had someone coming to your house to cook for you, what meal would you request (specifics here would rock)?Pork chops with Shake and Bake, applesauce, and mashed potatoes.

Books: The Great Divorce, by Lewis. Also by Lewis, That Hideous Strength and Out of the Silent Planet. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Doyle. It's been awhile since I've read it - A Separate Peace, by Knowles. Also awhile, The Crystal Cave, by Mary Stewart (Merlin and Arthur).

Mmm. Favorite meal: If you're going to have keilbasa, you must have horseradish with it. But my choice would be chicken alfredo with spinach and pine nuts, soft, buttery, garlic bread sticks on the side.

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About Me

I'm a 26 year old former teacher turned full time graduate student. I live in Southern California after a 3 year stint in New Orleans with my husband Slappy (formerly The Fiance) and our cats (yea, we're those people).
In February of 2006 I was diagnosed with Chiari Malformation, which is a fancy way of saying that my brain was too big for my skull (get it? overflowing brain). On November 27th, 2007 I had brain surgery which allows my brain to exist indefinitely in my spinal canal. 13 staples, one cow heart lining and a multitude of doctors and medications later, I'm living a much improved decompressed life.